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School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)

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Ovens, Co. Cork
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Maud Mc Guire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 386

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    The following, supposed to be the last composed in the district, was supplied by a lady resident in the parish, who could not supply the composers name - probably the majority of these "nonsense rhymes" were 'made up' by the youth of the parish.
    "Skellig List 1894"
    First cometh Maggie Mullane, and she dressed in mourning black.
    Her heels are out of order from running after Jack.
    Jack Kelly is the man we mean, a hero stout & bold.
    Maggie's not young or handsome
    But she's worth her weight in gold.
    There's another lass of Maggie's class
    With wrinkles on her brow.
    She says to Stephen Hegarty
    'Tis time you'd have me now
    If we do not prosper on the Road Contract
    We'll thrive alright as long as apples grow
    for me upon the Chapel Road.
    There's another maid just of the proper sort.
    And Jack Flynn is trying hard to win her fair young heart.
    But he says he cannot marry till he
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Denis Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ovens, Co. Cork